Sixteen injured after howling Pyeongchang winds

16 February 2018, 04:54 | Stacy Ballard

Olympic Super Store

Sixteen people have been injured after high winds ravaged the Gangneung Olympic Park where ice sports are taking place during Pyeongchang 2018. The top 16 pairs move on to the free skate event. Julianne Seguin and Charlie Bilodeau were 12th with 67.52 points while Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro were 13th with 65.68.

PARK CITY, UT - SEPTEMBER 25: Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin poses for a portrait during the Team USA Media Summit ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games on September 25, 2017 in Park City, Utah.

The historic achievement is more than 90 years in the making and got kicked off way back at the very first Winter games in Chamonix, France. "That (Italy) is a good team".

US Erin Hamlin gestures after competing in the women's luge singles final run 4 during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Small asteroid to closely pass by Earth on Feb 9
The other asteroid 2018 CC, during its close flyby on February 6, was nearly 114,000 miles (184,000 kilometers) away from Earth. Another asteroid was spotted by the CSS on the same day which jazzed by Earth on Tuesday, February 6.

Each Soohorang presented to the medalists is adorned with a gold, silver, or bronze hat and a paper flower called an uhsahwa, which is "a paper flower that was bestowed to those who passed national exams during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910)", according to the Games' official website. If they got it, it would only be Canada's second luge medal ever, after yesterday's bronze from Alex Gough. He was only 0.07 second short of winning silver, and 0.92 second behind the champion.

An American speed skater is also among the athletes on Tinder, but several other competitors appear to have taken down their profiles after news spread that Olympic competitors were using the app. Pyeongchang, something of a backwater hardly famed for being a dating hotspot, suddenly finds itself just that.

The team United States of America figure skating team - Nathan Chen, Alexa Scimeca Knierim, Chris Knierim, Mirai Nagasu, Adam Rippon, Alex Shibutani, Maia Shibutani and Bradie Tennell - received bronze in the team event.

US Forces And Russian Mercenaries Clash in Syria
The strike was the second by the US against pro-Syrian regime forces last week, according to the USA military's Central Command. Strelkov wrote on his Vkontakte page on February 10 about " several hundred " killed and injured Russian mercenaries .

Patrick Surtain Jr. picks Alabama on national signing day
It's a strong signing for Alabama, who entered National Signing Day lagging at the fringe of the top-10 in terms of team rankings. Alabama also lost two commits to flips, as Quay Walker ended up choosing Georgia and Bobby Brown chose Texas A&M.

Tarantino expresses regret over Thurman stunt incident
Thurman claims that Weinstein's company at the time , Miramax, withheld the footage from her in an attempt to keep her from suing. He said: " I told her it would be OK. "And she agreed with it, she knew it would look good and she trusted me to do it".